2011 Zürich cantonal elections

September 2022 2011 Zürich cantonal elections Zürich legislative no 2007 Zürich cantonal elections 2007 3 April 2011 2015 Zürich cantonal elections 2015 All 7 seats in the Executive Council of ZürichAll 180 seats in the Cantonal Council of Zürich (91 seats needed for a majority) yes parliamentary Executive Council Elected   Social Democratic Party of Switzerland Mario Fehr, 81.54% Regine Aeppli, 72.08% The Liberals (Switzerland) Thomas Heiniger, 79.77% Ursula Gut-Winterberger, 76.96% Swiss People's Party Ernst Stocker, 77.32% Markus Kägi, 73.28% Green Party of Switzerland Martin Graf, 71.88% yes Cantonal Council yes Swiss People's Party 56 54 29.63% Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 36 35 19.32% The Liberals (Switzerland) 29 23 12.93% Green Party of Switzerland 19 19 10.57% Green Liberal Party of Switzerland 10 19 10.27% Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 13 9 4.86% Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland 10 7 3.78% Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland new 6 3.47% Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland 5 5 2.57% Alternative List 2 3 1.63% The 2011 Zürich cantonal elections were held on 3 April 2011, to elect the seven members of the cantonal Executive Council and the 180 members of the Cantonal Council. The Green Party gained a seat on the Executive Council but the FDP-SVP coalition retained a majority of four seats. In the Cantonal Council, the SVP retained a plurality but no alliance reached an overall majority.Bühlmann Marc 2011-04-03 Kantonsratswahlen Zürich 2011 https://anneepolitique.swiss/dossiers/133-kantonale-wahlen-zurich 2022-10-19 Année politique Suisse Electoral system Executive Council The Executive Council contains 7 members elected using a two-round majoritarian system. In the first round, electors have up to seven votes and the 7 most-voted candidates reaching an overall majority (>50%) are elected. If seats remain to be filled, a runoff is held where electors have as many votes as seats remaining, and the candidates with the most votes (simple plurality) are elected. Cantonal Council The Cantonal Council is elected using open-list proportional representation, with canton-wide apportionment of seats and allocation into 18 constituencies (biproportional apportionment). In each constituency, voters have as many votes as there are seats to fill (panachage is permitted); these votes each count both for the candidate and for the list they stand in. These votes counts are divided by the seats count to give fictional electors counts which can be summed up fairly throughout the canton. Using the fictional electors counts, each party above the threshold (reaching 5% in at least one constituency) is apportioned seats canton-wide, which are then shared among their constituency lists. In each constituency list, the seats are attributed to the candidates reaching the most votes. Candidates Executive Council Six of the seven incumbent councillors Ursula Gut (FDP), Hans Hollenstein (CVP), Thomas Heiniger (FDP), Regine Aeppli (SP), Markus Kägi (SVP), and Ernst Stocker (SVP, elected in a by-election in 2009) ran for re-election.Bühlmann Marc 2011-04-03 Regierungsratswahlen Zürich 2011 https://anneepolitique.swiss/dossiers/133-kantonale-wahlen-zurich 2022-10-18 Année politique Suisse German Incumbent Social Democratic executive councillor Markus Notter retired, with national councillor Mario Fehr running to hold the open seat. The Greens fielded again Illnau-Effretikon mayor Martin Graf, who had reached an overall majority four years earlier but had failed to reach the top seven candidates needed to be elected. The EVP ran with national councillor Maja Ingold, while the Green-Liberals did not run any candidate for the executive council. Cantonal Council The table below lists contesting parties represented in the Cantonal Council before the election. Name Ideology 2007 result Votes (%) Seats SVP Swiss People's PartySchweizerische Volkspartei National conservatismRight-wing populism 30.5% 56 180 Swiss People's Party SP Social Democratic PartySozialdemokratische Partei Social democracyDemocratic socialism 19.5% 36 180 Social Democratic Party of Switzerland FDP FDP.The LiberalsFormerly the Free Democratic PartyFDP.Die Liberalen LiberalismConservative liberalism 16.0% 29 180 The Liberals (Switzerland)GPSGreen PartyGrüne ParteiGreen politicsProgressivism 10.5%19 180 Green Party of Switzerland CVP Christian Democratic People's PartyChristlichdemokratische Volkspartei Christian democracySocial conservatism 7.3% 13 180 Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland GLP Green Liberal PartyGrünliberale Partei Green liberalismSocial liberalism 5.8% 10 180 Green Liberal Party of Switzerland EVP Evangelical People's PartyEvangelische Volkspartei Christian democracySocial conservatism 5.2% 10 180 Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland EDU Federal Democratic UnionEidgenössisch-Demokratische Union National conservatism 2.8% 5 180 Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland AL Alternative ListAlternative Liste Socialism 0.9% 2 180 Alternative List The Swiss Democrats also ran after having lost their seats in 2007. Three new parties contested this election: the Conservative Democratic Party (BDP, who seceded from the SVP in 2008), the European Reform Party (ERP), and the Pirate Party (PP), meaning a total of 13 parties ran in this election. Results Executive Council Note: percentages here are calculated based on the number of valid votes (excluding blank and invalid votes) so that the absolute majority is at exactly 50%, but may result in candidates reaching over 100% of the valid votes. +Results of the 2011 Zürich Executive Council election Candidate Party Votes % Mario Fehr SP 137035 168068 2 Thomas Heiniger FDP 134061 168068 2 Ernst Stocker SVP 129943 168068 2 Ursula Gut-Winterberger FDP 129349 168068 2 Markus Kägi SVP 123159 168068 2 Regine Aeppli SP 121144 168068 2 Martin Graf Grüne 120815 168068 2 Hans Hollenstein CVP 118487 168068 2 Maja Ingold EVP 68996 168068 2 Scattered votes 93485 168068 2 Total 1176474 1912792 2 Blank and invalid votes 736318 1912792 2 Total votes 7× Valid ballots 273256 283882 2 Invalid ballots 10626 283882 2 Total ballots – Registered voters/Turnout 283882 855243 2 Source: statistik.zh.ch2011-04-03 Regierungsratswahlen 2011 http://www.statistik.zh.ch/internet/justiz_inneres/statistik/de/wahlen_abstimmungen/wahlen_2011/regierungsratswahlen2011/resultate.html#a-content https://web.archive.org/web/20111012155517/http://www.statistik.zh.ch/internet/justiz_inneres/statistik/de/wahlen_abstimmungen/wahlen_2011/regierungsratswahlen2011/resultate.html#a-content 2011-10-12 statistik.zh.ch German2011-04-03 Wahlbeteiligung im Kanton http://www.statistik.zh.ch/internet/justiz_inneres/statistik/de/wahlen_abstimmungen/wahlen_2011/regierungsratswahlen2011/wahlbeteiligung/wahlbeteiligung_kanton.html#a-content https://web.archive.org/web/20141202093534/http://www.statistik.zh.ch/internet/justiz_inneres/statistik/de/wahlen_abstimmungen/wahlen_2011/regierungsratswahlen2011/wahlbeteiligung/wahlbeteiligung_kanton.html#a-content 2014-12-02 statistik.zh.ch German The results were a major upset and surprise as CVP candidate Hans Hollenstein fall from second to eighth, losing his seat to Green candidate Martin Graf by only two thousand votes, despite the polls predicting Hollenstein would finish in the top 3 candidates. New candidate Mario Fehr gained a seat (retaining 2 seats for the SP) and topped the polls with over 81% of the votes by gaining votes from the bourgeois camp voters. FDP candidates saw their scores decrease slightly while the SVP gained slightly in votes. The elections saw a high amount of consensus, as all elected candidates were voted on at least 44% of the ballots; Hollenstein's defeat was partly attributed to strategical voting based on his second-highest score in the previous election as well as opinion polls, but also to his policies' lack of appeal to leftist voters. Despite the Green gain from the CVP, the FDP and SVP retained their majority of four seats in the executive council. Results by district +Vote share of each candidate by districtDistrictAeppliSPFehrSPGrafGPSGutFDPHein. HeinigerFDPHoll. HollensteinCVPIngoldEVPKägiSVPStoc. StockerSVPScatteredAffoltern 72.4 78.0 72.5 75.1 81.967.740.7 79.6 83.648.5Andelfingen59.4 64.6 67.2 73.2 73.9 70.847.7 97.7 100.545.0Bülach 62.6 71.461.9 78.7 81.8 67.238.7 86.3 88.562.9Dielsdorf 60.5 67.858.1 78.1 80.4 71.234.2 94.7 94.760.4Dietikon 64.7 70.956.6 81.2 84.9 71.931.1 86.1 89.063.7Hinwil 60.5 70.4 60.5 79.8 81.5 69.940.0 89.5 94.154.0Horgen 67.0 79.863.4 79.6 84.8 70.739.8 73.5 85.656.0Meilen 61.3 69.559.5 95.9 95.2 69.035.5 82.9 87.543.7Pfäffikon62.5 71.6 74.7 77.5 79.8 74.637.1 82.5 86.553.2Uster 68.7 78.468.4 77.7 81.0 69.835.6 73.3 77.269.9Winterthur 67.5 79.3 71.7 70.2 72.1 81.957.266.6 70.063.5Zürich 94.9 104.5 92.9 70.8 74.2 65.540.952.4 55.348.6Total 72.1 81.5 71.9 77.0 79.870.541.1 73.3 77.355.6 Cantonal Council Results of the 2011 Zürich Cantonal Council election #f8f9fa 3 Alternative List 19 Green Party of Switzerland 35 Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 7 Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland 19 Green Liberal Party of Switzerland 23 The Liberals (Switzerland) 6 Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland 9 Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 54 Swiss People's Party 5 Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland Swiss People's Party 90035 −0.82 54 −2 Social Democratic Party 58687 −0.15 35 −1 FDP.The Liberals 39296 −3.04 23 −6 Green Party 32111 +0.13 19 ±0 Green Liberal Party 31191 +4.51 19 +9 Christian Democratic People's Party 14774 −2.38 9 −4 Evangelical People's Party 11479 −1.45 7 −3 Conservative Democratic Party 10529 New 6 New Federal Democratic Union 7815 −0.24 5 ±0 Alternative List 4945 +0.36 3 +1 Pirate Party 1708 New 0 New Swiss Democrats 1231 −0.92 0 ±0 European Reform Party 15 New 0 New wahlen.zh.ch,2011-04-04 Kantonsratswahlen 2011 http://www.wahlen.zh.ch/wahlen/kr11/ 2022-10-18 wahlen.zh.ch German electoral protocol2011-04-05 Wahlprotokolle http://www.wahlen.zh.ch/wahlen/kr11/amtliches/pdf/gesamtergebnisse.pdf wahlen.zh.ch The SVP won a plurality of votes and seats, coming first but losing two seats; no bloc or alliance won an overall majority. There were few shifts between the three “blocs”, as the left-wing (SP, GP, and AL), centrist (EVP, GLP, FDP, CVP, and now BDP), and right-wing (SVP and EDU) each won a third of the votes and seats; there were larger swings within the centrist bloc as the FDP, CVP, and EVP lost support while the GLP and BDP made gains. There was also an increased fragmentation of the council as the three largest parties all lost seats. Older parties tended to see their support dwindle or stagnate, while the largest gains went to the newer parties: the GLP nearly doubled their support while the BDP entered with six seats. Results by constituency +Number of seats and share of votes for each party by constituencyConstituency SVP SP FDP GPS GLP CVP EVP BDP EDU ALTotalseats SVP SP FDP GPS GLP CVP EVP BDP EDU AL SDI Zürich City 1 & 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 – 0 0 5 18.2 28.6 18.2 14.3 10.9 4.6 1.4 – 0.9 2.3 0.5II Zürich City 3 & 9 3 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 12 20.6 29.9 7.8 14.3 10.2 5.1 2.6 1.7 0.7 4.8 1.4III Zürich City 4 & 5 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 – 0 1 5 10.4 34.4 5.5 18.6 11.3 3.4 1.2 – 0.3 11.8 0.7IV Zürich City 6 & 10 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 16.4 30.2 11.9 15.0 12.0 3.9 2.2 1.6 0.7 4.2 0.6V Zürich City 7 & 8 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 16.7 23.7 19.2 16.2 12.3 4.5 2.0 2.0 0.5 2.4 0.4VI Zürich City 11 & 12 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 12 26.5 27.0 8.2 11.0 9.3 6.1 3.4 2.2 1.6 2.1 1.4VII Dietikon 4 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 35.9 17.8 16.6 7.6 5.7 7.8 3.8 2.0 1.1 1.2 0.5XIII Affoltern 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 30.8 15.5 13.1 10.5 11.0 3.2 7.6 4.9 2.7 0.4 0.3IX Horgen 4 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 15 29.0 17.5 16.9 8.7 9.5 7.6 4.5 3.6 1.6 0.5 –X Meilen 4 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 13 31.4 13.3 22.8 8.0 12.2 4.4 2.4 2.6 2.4 0.4 –XI Hinwil 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 12 35.8 13.6 9.7 9.0 9.3 5.7 5.5 4.2 6.6 0.6 –XII Uster 5 2 2 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 16 31.8 17.5 10.8 8.2 13.1 4.3 2.6 6.8 2.5 0.8 1.0XIII Pfäffikon 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 36.0 14.7 10.0 10.8 9.3 3.1 6.3 4.9 4.6 0.4 –XIV Winterthur City 3 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 13 21.6 21.7 10.8 14.6 10.2 6.0 5.3 2.6 2.3 2.7 0.7XV Winterthur Land 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 38.8 13.4 10.8 8.1 9.9 3.8 6.4 4.3 3.3 0.3 –XVI Andelfingen 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 40.8 13.8 12.2 10.4 7.2 2.1 2.7 6.9 3.4 0.4 –XVII Bülach 6 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 17 36.3 16.7 11.9 7.5 9.2 4.0 4.0 5.0 3.7 0.7 –XVIII Dielsdorf5 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 43.4 14.9 9.9 8.0 9.7 4.0 2.2 2.6 4.9 0.4 –Total 54 35 23 19 19 9 7 6 5 3 180 29.6 19.3 12.9 10.6 10.3 4.9 3.8 3.5 2.6 1.6 0.4 References Category:Cantonal elections in Zürich Category:2011 elections in Switzerland